Food Pyramid
Nutrition
Minerals
Vitamins
Fats
100
How many different food groups are there in the Food Guide Pyramid?
6
100
Name something you can find at the very top of the nutrition facts food label
Calories, serving size, amount from fat
100
What are the best food sources for calcium?
Milk and milk products
100
What are the two different types of vitamins?
Fat soluable and water soluable
100
What kind of fats are; fats from animal sources?
Saturated fats
200
The grain group is divided into 2 different groups. What are they?
Whole grains and refined grains
200
About how many meals a year do you eat?
1,000
200
How many cups of milk are recommended daily for teenagers?
3 cups
200
Dissolves in the water fluid of the body and leaves through the urine is what kind of vitamin?
Water-soluble
200
Name something that fats can do for the body.
Supply most of the fuel for the body, body can store an unlimited supply of fats, helps insulate the body, cushions the body
300
Butter, beef fat (tallow, sulet), chicken fat, pork fat (lard), stick margarine,and shortening are all what kind of fats?
Solid fats
300
What are some benefits of nutrition?
Makes your body healthy, growth and development, provides energy for the body.
300
What is the major function of iron in the body?
To carry oxygen to the muscles.
300
Dissolves in fat.  Can build up in the fat to dangerous levels is what kind of vitamins?
Fat-soluble
300
What percent of your total calories should come from fat?
30%
400
Peas, pumpkin, sun flower seeds, etc. belong to which food group?
Meats and beans group
400
Name one of the sugars (out of 4)
Glucose, Fructose, Sucrose, Lactose
400
What is, a disease of gradual bone loss, which can cripple people in later life?
Osteoporosis
400
What do vitamins do for the body?
Help make the enzymes and hormones necessary for all the  chemical reactions we need to live
400
What diseases may come from too much fat intake?
Heart diseases, many forms of cancer, diabetes
500
Name a food that contains high solid fats.
Many cheeses, creams, icecream, well marbled cuts of meat, regular ground beef, bacon, sausages, poultry skins, many baked goods (cookies, crackers, doughnuts, pastries)
500
What is the main energy source for humans?
Starch
500
What is the most abundant mineral found in the body?
Calcium
500
Where do vitamins natually come from?
Plant and animal foods
500
Fats that come mainly from vegetable oils and liquids at room temperature is what kind of fats?
Unsaturated fats
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